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Title of lesson:
Student of the Quarter
Department/Team:
Seventh and
eighth grade teams
Grade level(s):
7 and 8
General goals:
1. Positive reinforcement for students exhibiting
desirable behaviors
2. Identity for whole student body
with the schools and team
teachers expectations
Process:
1. Identify the criteria by which you would like to
honor students. You can focus on one or several.
2. Approach local businesses for donations toward
the prize packages. Be sure to know how many you will be honoring over
the course of the year. It is easiest for the staff member in charge of
this to obtain all prizes at the beginning of the year.
3. In your proposal
to these businesses, be sure to include the criteria used to select
Students of the Quarter, and try to identify businesses that may have some
tie to the student body of your school.
4. Decide how many students and at what level the
recognitions should take place. For instance, will this be done by team,
whole grade level, or the entire school? One boy and one girl, or does
gender not matter? How many each marking period? Each semester? Each
year?
5. Introduce the
program to students so they are aware that this is something toward which
they can be striving as they work through each marking/school year.
6. Invite
them to the assembly, and ask them to provide additional information about
the student that can be included in the students
introduction. Also, be sure to inform them that it is a surprise and that
they cannot tell the student about it.
6. Create certificates (see attached file) with
students
names, which should include signatures of all recognizing staff members,
including administration.
7. Hold recognition during the school day, during a
mutually convenient time for all staff involved, as well as all students
from which the Students of the Quarter were chosen.
8. Be sure that introductory speeches about each
Student of the Quarter begin generally and get more specific about the
child as the speech continues. The students
name should be the last piece of information revealed. At that point,
once the students name is
revealed, he should come forward, and at the same time, his parents should
come forward.
9. Be prepared with a camera so that photos can be
sent to the local paper.
Auxiliary Documents:
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